Charaxes andranodorus

Charaxes andranodorus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. andranodorus
Binomial name
Charaxes andranodorus Mabille, 1884
Synonyms
Charaxes zoippus Mabille, 1884

Charaxes andranodorus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. The habitat consists of wet evergreen forests and rainforests.

The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis.

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

In 1900, a full description was given by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in Novitates Zoologicae volume 7:287-524 pages 420-422.

Subspecies

• C. a. andranodorus (eastern Madagascar)
• C. a. andrefana Viette, 1975 (western Madagascar)

Taxonomy

The members of the Charaxes jasius group are:

• Charaxes jasius
• Charaxes pelias – smaller than jasius
• Charaxes hansali
• Charaxes castor
• Charaxes brutus – dark with white bands
• Charaxes andara – Madagascar
• Charaxes ansorgei
• Charaxes phoebus
• Charaxes pollux
• Charaxes druceanus
• Charaxes phraortes – Madagascar close to next
• Charaxes andranodorus – close to last
• Charaxes eudoxus
• Charaxes richelmanni

References

• Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. [1]
• Charaxes andrefana images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Charaxes andranodorus images at BOLD
• Charaxes andranodorus andrefana images at BOLD verso
• African Butterfly Database Range map via search